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Vernice Faye (Singletary) Evans

June 14, 2021 Columbus County News Obituaries Comments Off

October 15, 1932 ~ June 12, 2021 (age 88)

Vernice Faye Singletary Evans, 88, formerly of Bladenboro, died Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Highland House in Fayetteville.

Graveside Service will be 11:00 AM Saturday, June 19, at Round Branch Cemetery, 10295 Center Road, Bladenboro. Viewing will be Friday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM at Peoples Funeral Chapel in Whiteville.

Surviving are her sisters, Joyce Singletary, Betty S. Lewis, and Vertis Singletary of Bladenboro, and Gloria Raye Singletary of Chapel Hill.

A service of Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville

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